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To make alive

ζωοποιέωStrong’s G2227

zōopoieō

Appears in 10 verses of the New Testament

In short

Zōopoieō is the Greek word usually translated “gives life”, “giving life” and “is giving life”. It appears in 10 verses of the New Testament.

“For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.”
John 5:21 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “gives life”, “giving life” and “is giving life”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • gives life 3
  • giving life 1
  • is giving life 1
  • will give life 1
  • will be made alive 1
  • does come to life 1
  • life-giving 1
  • to impart life 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Corinthians 3
  • John 2
  • Romans 2
  • 2 Corinthians 1
  • Galatians 1
  • 1 Peter 1

6 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary

ζωοποιέω zōopoieō · to make alive

ζωο-ποιέω, ῶ [in LXX for חָיָה pi., hi., Jdg.21:14, 4Ki.5:7, Neh.9:6, Job.36:6, Psa.70:20, Ecc.7:12 * ;] 1. in cl. (= ζωογονέω), to produce alive. 2. In LXX and NT, to make alive, cause to live, quicken (DCG, ii, 606a; Cremer, 275): Jhn.5:21 6:53, Rom.4:17 8:11, 1Co.15:45, 2Co.3:6, Gal.3:21. Pass., 1Co.15:22 15:36, 1Pe.3:18.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.